互联网内容(internet content)和社交媒体共享的未来在于视频。但是许多社交媒体平台默认会静音他们的视频。因此，要收听视频，您必须打开音量或附加字幕。
为了安全起见，最好两者兼而有之。很多人在他们的社交媒体上高速滚动浏览，所以他们只会看到你默默地说出你的话。
这几乎没用。但另一方面，如果有字幕呢？然后他们可能会读到你说的有趣的东西。有趣到可以停止滚动并打开音量。除非他们在公共场所，否则字幕是必不可少的。
许多人在Fiverr 和 Upwork(Fiverr and Upwork)等地方宣传他们的音频转录服务(advertise their audio transcription services)。但老实说，如果您的预算紧张（或没有预算），即使是最便宜的报价也会让您犹豫不决。
我之前也写过关于使用免费软件创建自己的字幕的文章，但它非常耗时。这就是为什么您可以使用YouTube(YouTube)快速免费地完成它们。
等等……YouTube？
没有多少人意识到这一点，但上传到YouTube(YouTube)的每个视频都会被该服务自动转录。为了证明这一点，请转到任何YouTube 视频(YouTube video)，然后单击视频右下角的Subtitles/Closed Captions选项。
然后，您将看到该人开始讲话时开始播放字幕。
尽管转录并不完美，但您可以立即看到。它是由计算机完成的，而不是真正的人。因此，如果您像我一样有奇怪的口音，那么单词就会被破坏。如果它听不到一个词，它会猜测（有时很有趣）。另外，它通常不使用标点符号。
这并不意味着转录是无用的。我会说% accuracy rate之间。对于免费服务来说，这很好，而且修复错误真的不需要很长时间。
许多人选择不修复字幕错误，要么是因为他们没有意识到字幕就在那里，要么是因为他们纯粹的懒惰(sheer laziness)。这是一个很大的错误，因为字幕确实可以影响有多少人与您的视频互动。
您可以编辑字幕中的错误并将它们重新上传到您的YouTube 视频(YouTube videos)。或者在您想要的任何其他地方使用该文件。将其视为Google(Google)的免费礼物。
将您的视频上传到 YouTube
第一步显然是将您的视频放到YouTube 上(YouTube)。我建议您先私下上传或不公开上传，直到您整理好字幕。
如果您不打算(t plan)将视频保留在YouTube 上(YouTube)并且只是将其上传到那里以利用字幕服务，私人或不公开的视频也很好。
单击(Click)YouTube右上角(right hand corner)的相机图标(camera icon)，然后选择Upload Video。
在下一页上，在将视频放到页面上之前(before)，选择您的列表偏好(listing preference)。Private和 unlisted 对我来说几乎是一回事，但我倾向于选择Private。
现在将您的视频放到上传窗口(upload window)，然后上传到YouTube。为了让它更快，请选择尽可能小尺寸的低分辨率视频。(resolution video)但不要吝啬音频质量。质量越差，转录越差。
访问您的字幕
将您的视频放在YouTube 上(YouTube)后，将其放在那里一段时间。我注意到有时音频转录可能需要一段时间。显然，视频按照上传的顺序排队等待转录。
最后，登录 YouTube Studio(log into YouTube
Studio)并转到Transcriptions。
点击您要下载字幕的视频。出现新窗口时，选择其他功能 - 翻译和转录(Other Features – Translation & Transcription)。
YouTube Studio仍处于测试阶段，因此选择此选项将使您退出YouTube Studio并进入旧式页面格式。
现在单击您要访问字幕的语言。
从技术上讲，您可以在YouTube(YouTube)中编辑字幕，但我不建议这样做。相反，我建议您下载文本文件并在计算机上进行编辑。
因此，单击“操作(Actions)”菜单并下载您喜欢的字幕格式。“ SRT ”格式通常是一个不错的选择。
编辑您的字幕。
下载字幕文件会将一个文件添加到您的计算机，您可以使用任何文本编辑器(text editor)（例如 Windows 记事本或 MacOS 的TextEdit）打开该文件。然后开始寻找错误。
不要(Do NOT)更改时间戳，除非您必须对文本进行大的更改，否则会导致视频不同步。在大多数情况下，这将是一个简单的改变小词和添加标点的案例。
保存编辑的字幕文件(subtitle file)，现在返回您选择要下载的字幕文件的屏幕。(subtitle file)您会注意到一个蓝色按钮来上传新的字幕文件(subtitle file)。如果您选择(chosen one)的语言尚未出现，请选择您的首选语言或搜索(language or search)另一种语言。
显然，如果您打算将视频保留在那里，则只需将字幕重新上传到 YouTube。
选择语言后，单击上传文件(Upload a file)并上传新编辑的字幕文件。
使用新字幕重新发布您的YouTube 视频(YouTube video)，然后检查字幕现在是否正常。然后记得返回
YouTube Studio并将列表从私有(Private)更改为公开(Public)，以便全世界都能看到您的作品。
Facebook也有字幕
Facebook也有自动生成的字幕(also has subtitles auto-generated)，但像YouTube一样，它们并不完美。
因此，您可以单击任何视频上的“编辑”设置并上传一组新的字幕，也许是您刚刚从(Edit)YouTube修改过的字幕。
如果您只是想为下载的电影添加字幕，请查看我关于在视频播放器中显示(video player)SRT文件的另一篇文章。享受！
How To Create Video Subtitles Quickly For Free
The future of internet content and social media sharing is in
vidеo. But many social media platforms mute their videos by default. So to heаr
the video, you must either turn on the volume or have subtitles attached.
To be safe, it’s better to have both. A lot of people scroll through their social media feeds at high speed, so all they are going to see is you mouthing your words silently.
Which is pretty much useless. But on the other hand, what if there are subtitles? Then they might read something you’re saying to be interesting. Interesting enough to stop scrolling and turn the volume on. Unless they are in a public space, in which case subtitles are essential.
Many people advertise their audio transcription services on places like Fiverr and Upwork. But quite honestly, even the cheapest quotes can make you hesitate if you are on a tight budget (or no budget).
I’ve also previously written about creating your own subtitles using free software, but it’s quite time-consuming. This is why you can get them done quickly and for free, using YouTube.
Wait…YouTube?
Not many people realize this, but every single video that gets uploaded to YouTube gets transcribed automatically by the service. To prove it, go to any YouTube video and click the Subtitles/Closed Captions option at the bottom right of the video.
You will then see the subtitles start when the person starts
speaking.
You can see right away though that the transcription is not
perfect. It is done by computers, not actual people. So if you have a weird
accent like mine, words are going to get mangled. If it can’t hear a word, it
guesses (sometimes hilariously). Plus it quite often doesn’t put in
punctuation.
That doesn’t mean the transcription is useless. I would say there is between an 80-90% accuracy rate. For a free service, that is great and fixing the errors really doesn’t take very long.
Many people choose not to fix the subtitle errors, either because they don’t realize the subtitles are there in the first place or through sheer laziness on their part. This is a big mistake because subtitles can really make a difference in how many people engage with your videos.
You can edit the errors in the subtitles and re-upload them
to your YouTube videos. Or use that file anywhere else you want. Consider it a
free gift from Google.
Upload Your Video To YouTube
The first step is obviously to get your video onto YouTube. I
would recommend uploading it privately or unlisted first until you get the
subtitles sorted out.
Private or unlisted videos are also good if you don’t plan to
keep the video on YouTube and are only uploading it there to take advantage of
the subtitles service.
Click the camera icon in the top right hand corner of YouTube and choose Upload Video.
On the next page, before you drop the video onto the page, choose your listing preference. Private and unlisted are pretty much one and the same to me, but I tend to choose Private.
Now drop your video onto the upload window and let it upload
to YouTube. To make it go faster, choose a low resolution video with as small a
size as possible. But don’t skimp on the audio quality. The worse the quality,
the worse the transcription will be.
Access Your Subtitles
Once your video is sitting on YouTube, leave it there for a
while. I have noticed that sometimes the audio transcription can take a while.
Obviously videos are queued for transcriptions in the order they are uploaded.
Eventually though, log into YouTube
Studio and go down to Transcriptions.
Tap on the video you want to download the subtitles for. When the new window appears, choose Other Features – Translation & Transcription.
YouTube Studio is still in beta so choosing this option will
take you out of YouTube Studio and into the old-style format of the page.
Now click the language you want to access your subtitles in.
Technically you can edit the subtitles inside YouTube, but I
wouldn’t recommend it. I would instead suggest you download the text file and
edit it on your computer.
So click the Actions menu and download your preferred subtitles format. “SRT” format is normally a good one to go for.
Edit Your Subtitles.
Downloading the subtitles file will add a file to your
computer that you can open with any text editor (such as Windows Notepad or
MacOS’s TextEdit). Then start looking for the errors.
Do NOT change the timestamps unless you absolutely have to
make big changes to the text which would put the video out of sync. In most
cases, it will be a simple case of changing small words and adding punctuation.
Save the edited subtitle file and now go back to the screen
where you chose the subtitle file to download. You will notice a blue button to
upload new subtitle files. Choose your preferred language or search for another
one if your chosen one is not already there.
Obviously you only need to re-upload subtitles to YouTube if
you intend to keep the video there.
Once you have chosen a language, click Upload a file and upload the newly edited subtitles file.
Republish your YouTube video with the new subtitles and then
check it to see if the subtitles are now OK. Then remember to go back into
YouTube Studio and change the listing from Private to Public so the world can
see your handiwork.
Facebook Also Has Subtitles
Facebook also has subtitles auto-generated, but like YouTube, they are not perfect.
Therefore, you can click the “Edit” setting on any of your videos and upload a new set of subtitles, perhaps the ones you’ve just modified from YouTube.
If you’re just looking for a way to add subtitles to a movie you downloaded, then check out my other post on displaying SRT files in a video player. Enjoy!
